174 Indians reach court against Donald Trump's move on H-1B visa

New Delhi : Around 174 Indians, including 7 minors, have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's recent announcement on change of H-1B Visa law that bars them from entering the United States or a visa would not be issued to them.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at the US District Court in the District of Columbia issued summons on Wednesday to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F Wolf, along with Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia.

The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court on Tuesday.

"The proclamation 10052's H-1B/H-4 visa ban hurts the United States' economy, separates families and defies the Congress. While the two former points render it unseemly, the latter point renders it unlawful," said the lawsuit filed by lawyer Wasden Banias on behalf of the 174 Indian nationals.

On June 22, Donald Trump had announced that no new H-1B visas will be issued till the end of the year. 

"In the administration of our nation's immigration system, we must remain mindful of the impact of foreign workers on the United States labor market, particularly in the current extraordinary environment of high domestic unemployment and depressed demand for labor," said the proclamation issued by Trump.

The decision was taken after registering high unemployment rate in the United States due to coronavirus lockdown.